A CD curated by Ben Watson on retiring (disgusted) from music journalism in 2005, presenting his private (though unassailable) canon of undiscovered genuises - as well as a sketch of what music listening could be if niche-marketed identity-...

A CD curated by Ben Watson on retiring (disgusted) from music journalism in 2005, presenting his private (though unassailable) canon of undiscovered genuises - as well as a sketch of what music listening could be if niche-marketed identity-flattery shrivelled up and died. The blurb and track listing on the CD (originally released by Sonic Arts Network) ran: BEN WATSON - CRITIC IN HIS OWN LUNCHTIME (OPINIONS CURRENTLY TOO CRISP AND MIRTH-INDUCING FOR THE ACTUALLY-EXISTING MUSIC PRESS) - HAS COMPILED A CD OF MUSIC WHICH ACTUALLY MATTERS. ASKED TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF, HE SHOT BACK: "MY FINELY-PRESSED GANG OF MUSICAL IRRITANTS - A.K.A THE ESEMPLASM - TAKE ISSUE WITH THE NEO-KANTIAN PRECEPTS UNDERLYING CULTURAL CONDITIONING TODAY. FRANKFURTER AHNUNG ACTIVELY INKLES THAT THE OH-SO-KNOWING CIRCUITS OF DEFUSION AND CONFUSION WHICH DEGALVANISE THE FROG-LEG SALAD OF THE CONTEMPORARY FARCE ARE NOT THE LIMITLESS GAMBITS OF SIR BRAIN END. HISTORICAL MATERIALISM WILL RISE AGAIN TO EMBALM YOU IN YOUR SLEEP, RUNNING SORES OF THE FESTOONED MARKET SYSTEM!"